Blog — Paideia Academics

To Read or Not to Read: 5 Tips to Transform your Reading

As a busy homeschooling mom, it is easy for me to put all of my needs and desires on the back burner. I know that taking care of myself is important, and I do see the value in it. I just have a very difficult time making it happen during the daily-ness of life. This reality is why we have started ... Read More

September: New Month News

Hello friends, I hope this finds you all well. I am glad to be back at the computer writing. Some of you may have noticed I have not been posting much. That is true. Over the summer, we found out one of our darling children had some learning disabilities, learning this was both a relief and a bit ... Read More

Five Life-Changing Ideas from the 2014 CiRCE Conference

The Circe Conference was just incredible. After four days of learning, meeting wonderful new friends, and engaging in inspiring conversations and community, I am home and thinking about all that I experienced. I'd like to share a brief glimpse of the ideas I'm still ... Read More

The Language Arts

The Language arts of the Liberal Arts are also known as the Trivium. They are Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. These are also the names of the stages of learning. For our purposes here we are concerned with these as arts and subjects. For those committed to a liberal arts education the components named ... Read More

An Introduction to the Classical Curriculum

From the beginning of time societies sought and implemented an education or paideia that reflected reality and the culture, they lived in. Each society's paideia sought to build up men and women who would be torch bearers of their cultures, capable of passing down the legacy and traditions of one's ... Read More

A Great Opportunity for your High School Student

Hello friends, I know I do not normally post on Saturday, but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about an amazing opportunity I just discovered. If the idea of seeing your student in a great class where they read, discuss, and contemplate some of the best literature in the world ... Read More

August: New Month News

New Month News is a recap of the month we just finished on Expanding Wisdom and some news and updates about what is going on in the Dow house! I would love to hear what is going on in your world. Share in the comments section or in our new FaceBook group. Happy August! July has been a wild month. ... Read More

God & the Trivium Part II: Knowing God as Provider

You can find Part 1 of this mini-series here: Read Part I Throughout history, there have been many uses for the word grammar. Let me review them for you so we are all on the same page. First, and traditionally, it has always been the first art of the Liberal arts, meaning letters. The ... Read More

God & the Trivium: Part I

When I first began learning about classical education, I learned about it through the lens of the trivium, as the stages of learning/development. I remember going to my first conference, reading my first homeschooling overview books, and talking to many homeschooling mothers. In addition, the only ... Read More